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5 Must Read Horror Articles 13 February 2017

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: How To Revive The Slasher Genre Pieces Of A Horror Writer Interview With Author Rena Mason Why Pet Sematary Still Doesn’t Get The Respect It Deserves Top Ten Horror …

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Look Out For … Dracula’s Brethren by Richard Dalby and Brian J Frost (editors)

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Look Out For … Dracula’s Brethren by Richard Dalby and Brian J Frost (editors) “These rediscovered stories are a genuine treasure trove for classic thrill-seekers and lovers of supernatural fiction.” In 1897, Bram Stoker’s iconic DRACULA redefined the horror genre and had a significant impact on the image of the vampire in popular culture. But …

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Celebrating Women in Horror Month, February 2017

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Women in Horror month is an annual event when we celebrate women horror writers. Sounds fairly obvious, but there’s an emphasis here that’s worth mentioning. At first glance, the genre appears to be sadly male dominated. Yet the first real science-fiction/horror story, Frankenstein, gothic and tragic with large dollops of horror poured on thick, was …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 February 2017

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Leatherface’s Pool Party – The Ultimate Horror Mashup Women In Horror Month: interview With Author Linda Addison 10 Amazing Horror Movies Directed By Women The Friday The 13th Snow …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: February 2017- When the Women Come Out to Dance

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  Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. February …

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Look Out For … Ararat by Christopher Golden

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Look Out For … Ararat by Christopher Golden “Who are we to argue with the King of horror and deny ourselves a story of snowbound slaughter?” Meryam and Adam take risks for a living. But neither is prepared for what lies in the legendary heights of Mount Ararat, Turkey. First to reach a massive cave …

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Tattered Tomes: Into Dragon Valley–Koko by Peter Straub, Revisited

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I came by Peter Straub’s Koko first by mass market paperback. I remember distinctly not reading it when it first released in 1988, mainly because I was a junior in college and my studies and a steady girlfriend kept me wrapped up tight. I was in love and behind the eight-ball, so I couldn’t be …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 30 January 2017

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado:   Things are getting strange south of the border: The new wave of Mexican horror Fifteen years on, Donnie Darko universe to be revisited Zak Bagan’s Haunted Museum to feature …

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Look Out For … The Things We Lost In The Fire by Mariana Enriquez

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Look Out For … The Things We Lost In The Fire by Mariana Enriquez “Her fiction is that pulse-racingly superb, that electric and original.” A woman returns to the rundown suburb of Buenos Aires her family once called home. From the safety of her window, she watches as a teenage prostitute raises her five-year-old son …

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Voices in the Night: My Favorite Audiobooks of 2016

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As someone who has spent their entire adult life driving through the nights along the freeways and interstates of Southern California, I long ago realized that I would rapidly go insane and murder everyone I came into contact with if I was left with only the Top 40 radio stations or the AM blowhards to …

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